Lanie Land

Alaina is the cutest little eight year old you will ever meet. I say that firstly because I'm her mom and it's my duty to feel this way and second because she is the most creative imaginative kid I've ever met in my entire life. She comes up with the most out of this world ideas I've ever heard of. I'm sure that some day she will grow up to be some sort of creative director for major motion pictures specializing in fantasy and fiction. I'll let you know in another 20 years or so, but I'm pretty sure. Although I love her creativeness it has it downside too. It's not all glitz and glam when you're dealing with an eight year old who has an over active imagination and can't turn it off when it's necessary. When my husband and I can't get her attention to save our lives we just assume she's taken a trip to Lanie Land. This is what I picture Lanie Land to look like. . .

Yes that unicorn is pooping a rainbow because that's what unicorns do. There is also Alaina's castle in the background and in this picture only one of her two servants are shown. Her little sister Olivia who would follow Alaina to the ends of the earth and back. I don't think Olivia has ever been to Lanie Land in real life, but I'm pretty sure she's felt the effect of Alaina visiting because usually while she's there this is what's happening in the real world. . .

Alaina is dancing around the front room taking care of her pet unicron and seeing to the very important business of running an entire land all by herself and she has managed to knock her brother to the floor and is now in some way shape or form standing on part of her sister. It never ends well!
Usually the only way to bring Alaina back from her trip early is to threaten her with something like time out or no dessert for the night. These two simple words are enough to transport her back to the real world. It's to bad I can't use them when I see her drifting away because by the time it's appropriate to threaten her with such things it's to late and I've got two crying kids and one who just showed up to the party.
Although I love her dearly and I'm sure I'll miss the days when she was innocent enough to leave behind the stresses of day to day life and make things a little more enjoyable, I look forward to the day when she doesn't sneak away to her private little land and leave a wake of complete destruction her path.